I like the way the handle-parts turned out (not varnished since these parts are for the mold only, the real ones need a hole where square-tubing will be when the clay is still flexible and that I can only do with the clay in the mold, which of course I didn't have making this one ;) ).
with the ones that I'll make with the mold I will add the needed details like screws, a tiny nail and brass square tubing that will go through the door. And I will also (try to) make the innerwork of a door handle that is supposed to be working like a fullsized door as well. I really hope I'll succeed at that :)
The Handle-parts are Perfect: Congrats! :)
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Kikka
Tnx kikka, pleased with it as well :)
Delete"Gummifrub" made me laugh. Looks great so far!
ReplyDeletefunny word isn't it? even in dutch.. Tnx Maria, for your compliment!
DeleteWhat a great way to make some door handles. Love it. I did take some time to look for more on your site. It is great all the ideas you do have and make miniatures from some 'scrap'-parts you collected. I love that.
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Thank you Krin, great to read!
DeleteI love it too!
ReplyDeletethank you Nono, I thought it was not very interesting, but your comments make me very happy!
DeleteHello Monique,
ReplyDeleteThat is wonderful and again so incredibly detailed
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Giac
thank you so much Giac!
Deleteun trabajo impresionante
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Mari
gracias Mari, pero no fue tan impresionante rendimiento aunque ;)
DeleteMarvelous! It's brilliant to make your own hardware since there are such limited things (brass) available.
ReplyDeletetnx Brae! yes, the options are quite limited, unless all the great things out there in mini. There's just so mucht more in 1:1 that we wish small, than nothing left than to do it ourselves :)
DeleteOh I love these! They're similar to the doorhandles in my full sized house. To get them working would be fantastic! Are they made from Fimo or something similar?
ReplyDeleteI have been cutting lock-plates from thin metal sheet for my sliding doors, but these are just for show, there aren't any actual working locks in there.
PS: What on earth is 'gummifrub'? I've never heard of it. Is it a brand name?
Delete:) yes Josje, they are from fimo, but I will make the real ones with milliput. Not sure how well known that is, it's a 2 components clay in different types (black, superfine white, terracotta, silvergrey and yellow if I'm right, they can even be used in water and stands heat up to 130 degrees, also used in reparing household appliances and so on, but discovered by the modeling world for all kinds of purposes) that airdries and is great. And I'm not sure if the gummifrub would survive the oven or if I would be able to get the clay out of the mold without deforming it, which is also a good reason to use milliput.
DeleteGummifrub is - besides being a funny word ;) - 2 component mold making stuff (also described in angie scarr's book I understand, but with a different name and apparantly more expensive). You mix 2 components well with your hands and put it on what you want to duplicate, press so it will take all details and leave to harden. It hardens to a flexible mold that makes it easy to get out what you make with it. It may not be ideal in any case or everybody's thing, but for things like this, I find it great!
You can find it in Holland at http://www.stellaquepassa.nl/c-741025/gummyfrub/, don't know if she ships abroad.. Be aware: it expires after about a year, so don't get a whole stash for years to come, it becomes useless (I know it does..)
Thanks Monique!
DeleteYes I know milliput. In fact, I wanted to work with it this weekend (I want to try and sculpt some wall decorations). I still had nearly two boxes of the stuff, but...it also has a maximum life span! I had gotten so hard I could no longer work with it. I'll have to order a new box. I saw a seller on Marktplaats with reasonable prices.
I think I know what you mean now by Gummifrub, the blue and white stuff you mix up?? My friend is a dental technician and gave me two big containers of the stuff to try and cast my fireplaces. It was difficult to get it smoothly around a big object as it went hard too fast. For smaller things it is fine. I know it has a shelf life so I'll probably have to start looking for some objects to make molds from before too long ;-)
Ah, good to know that milliput also has an expiration date..
Deleteyes, the one I ordered before was blue and white, last one I ordered was green and white. Yes, it goes hard pretty fast, indeed better for smaller objects. I think liquid rubber might be more suitable for a fireplace? Since that also dries flexible so it's easy to remove the object? Good luck!
I tried liquid rubber for the fireplace, which worked but was not great. My friend did some tests at her clinic with stuff she uses for the dentures and came up with a better alternative. I don't know what she has used, and she's got all this professional equipment so when I'm going to cast my fireplaces (too late for the two I have made this past year as I have already glued those into my rooms), she's going to do it for me. Yeah!
Deletetoo bad that liquid rubber wasn't great.. Fantastic that your friend can do it for you, I really hope that works out the way you want, would be great!
DeleteIs a perfect copy.
ReplyDeleteBye Faby
Thanks Faby, that's a great compliment!
Delete¡Perfecto! felicidades:)
ReplyDeleteGracias Rosa! :D
DeleteThat is one super miniature copy, well done!
ReplyDeleteTnx Gee, makes me happy :D
DeleteThey look fantastic! Thanks for the info about moulding materials - I need t research what is available in France, I know we have somehting called silligum here, I think it is two components too... I'd love to see a tutorial of how to do it, if yu have the time ;)
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Thank you Jonquil! You're welcome, silligum might be the same stuf (or usable for the same thing). I would certainly would like to do a tutorial on it (too bad I didn't think of that when I used it this week..), can be a while though since I don't have any of the stuff anymore and don't have anything to mold either ;) Or maybe I can do one, without pictures of the stuff itself and using it, but just describe the steps with only photo's of the items in the stuff and then the molds as they come out. Think I'll do that soon, okay?
DeleteThat would be fab, either with or without phots!
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Jonquil
it would be my pleasure :)
DeleteWow Monique, geweldig werk met mooi resultaat, zeg!
ReplyDeleteGroetjes, Ilona
Dank je wel Ilona, erg leuk om te lezen :)
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